18-letter words containing a, b, s

non-understandable — capable of being understood; comprehensible.
northeast by north — a point on the compass 11°15′ north of northeast. Abbreviation: NEbN.
not by a long shot — absolutely not
notifiable disease — any one of a number of infectious diseases of humans and animals, that must be reported to the public health authorities
objective idealism — a form of idealism asserting that the act of experiencing has a reality combining and transcending the natures of the object experienced and of the mind of the observer.
oblique-slip fault — a fault on which the movement is along both the strike and the dip of the fault
on one's beam-ends — out of resources; destitute
one's heart bleeds — used to express sympathetic grief, but often used ironically
open pandora's box — If someone or something opens Pandora's box or opens a Pandora's box, they do something that causes a lot of problems to appear that did not exist or were not known about before.
oriental alabaster — alabaster (def 2).
palm beach gardens — a city in SE Florida, near North Palm Beach.
passive vocabulary — all the words, collectively, that a person can understand
payment by results — a system of wage payment whereby all or part of the wage varies systematically according to the level of work performance of an employee
personal bodyguard — a person employed to protect a particular person
play silly buggers — to fool around and waste time
plumber's merchant — a shop or business that sells things needed for the job of installing and repairing pipes, fixtures, etc, for water, drainage, and gas
prepositional verb — a combination of verb and preposition, often with idiomatic meaning, differing from other phrasal verbs in that an object must always follow the preposition, as take after in The children take after their mother.
price on sb's head — If there is a price on someone 's head, an amount of money has been offered for the capture or killing of that person.
protease inhibitor — a drug that inhibits the action of protease, especially any of a class of antiviral drugs that prevent the cleavage and replication of HIV proteins.
publishing company — a firm which publishes books
pulmonary embolism — the blockage of a pulmonary artery, often by a blood clot, that stops the flow of blood to the lungs and which can result in death if untreated
punishment beating — a form of corporal punishment carried out by a paramilitary organization on a member of another sectarian organization, usually in Northern Ireland
pyramus and thisbe — (in Greek legend) two lovers of Babylon: Pyramus, wrongly supposing Thisbe to be dead, killed himself and she, encountering him in his death throes, did the same
rabbit's-foot fern — hare's-foot fern.
range of stability — the angle to the perpendicular through which a vessel may be heeled without losing the ability to right itself.
remains to be seen — If you say that it remains to be seen whether something will happen, you mean that nobody knows whether it will happen.
remembrance sunday — the second Sunday in November, which is the Sunday closest to November 11, the anniversary of the armistice of 1918 that ended World War I, on which the dead of both World Wars are commemorated
reversionary bonus — a bonus added to the sum payable on death or at the maturity of a with-profits assurance policy
rheims-douay bible — Douay Bible.
ride a hobby horse — an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation: Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.
risk based testing — (testing) Testing based on identification of potential risks (or "candidate risks"), which should be analysed by the project stakeholder or which might appear during the project's development.
rosebay willowherb — a perennial onagraceous plant, Chamerion (formerly Epilobium) angustifolium, that has spikes of deep pink flowers and is widespread in open places throughout N temperate regions
row address strobe — (storage) (RAS) An input to a dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) to indicate that the row address lines are valid.
rr lyrae variables — any of the very regular, short-period, pulsating variable stars having periods between 1.5 and 29 hours
run in sb's family — If a characteristic runs in someone's family, it often occurs in members of that family, in different generations.
safety-deposit box — a lockable metal box or drawer, especially in a bank vault, used for safely storing valuable papers, jewelry, etc.
saint bernard pass — either of two passes over the Alps: the Great St Bernard Pass 2472 m (8110 ft) high, east of Mont Blanc between Italy and Switzerland, or the Little St Bernard Pass 2157 m (7077 ft) high, south of Mont Blanc between Italy and France
saint john's bread — carob (def 2).
sale and leaseback — leaseback.
saturation bombing — intense area bombing intended to destroy everything in the target area.
schofield barracks — a town on central Oahu, in central Hawaii.
scottish blackface — a common breed of hardy mountain sheep having horns and a black face, kept chiefly on the mainland of Scotland
see the last of sb — not encounter sb anymore
selective abortion — the aborting of particular embryos for medical or social reasons
separate but equal — pertaining to a racial policy, formerly practiced in some parts of the United States, by which black people could be segregated if granted equal opportunities and facilities, as for education, transportation, or jobs.
september holidays — a period of time in September when people do not have to go to school, college or work
september massacre — (in the French Revolution) the massacre of royalists and other inmates of the prisons of Paris, September 2–6, 1792.
seven-league boots — mythical boots that allowed the wearer to travel seven leagues (a former unit of measurement), ie a great length, at each step
shorthand notebook — a notebook used by a shorthand writer
sierra blanca peak — a mountain in S New Mexico: highest peak in the Sacramento Mountains. 11,997 feet (3651 meters).

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